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| Make to Mighty |
| Make a better mouse-trap, 1780 no little plans, 1360 |
| Malaise energy and m., 1486 |
| Malice in the readiness to overestimate people, 1265 toward none, 1325 vein of jocund m., 24 |
| Malicious Fortune, that with m. joy, 636 |
| Man, 1142–1162 and the hour have met, 1822 arrive on earth who is both steel and velvet, 1109 behind every m. who’s a failure, 2017 blend which makes the perfect m., 1352 Concern for the m. himself, 1661 constituted as he is of contending elements of vice and virtue, 425 created to God’s image and likeness, 1152 doth not live by bread only, 1112 Every m. will be a poet, 1161 false to any m., 1675 forgotten m. at the bottom of the economic pyramid, 1154 going underground to escape the consequences of his own folly, 125 has only a thin layer of soil between himself and starvation, 31 he seems / In all his lineaments, 919 his strength, his possibilities, his reason, 1743 human nature in m., 1148 I joked about every prominent m. of my time, 1155 If m. could be crossed with the cat it would improve the m., 164 indebted to no m., 1492 is a born predestined idealist, 869 is a piece of the continent, 134 is a social animal, 911 is about to be an automaton, 1144 is also, and pre-eminently, intelligent and free, 1152 is by nature a political animal, 1390 is not made for defeat, 398 is not made to be trusted for life, 940 is the touchstone of value, 901 let no more be heard of confidence in m., 331 must first care for his own household before he can be of use to the state, 628 my own m., 1491 neither m. nor nation can prosper unless … thought is … taken for the future, 312 never met a m. I dident like, 1155 no indispensable m., 1153 no m. is an island, 134 no M. worth having is true to his Wife, 2009 No particular m. is necessary to the state, 1151 nothing better becomes a well-bred m. than agriculture, 28 Nothing is worth the making if / It does not make the m., 1149 of action, 2–3 one small step for a m., 1738 one useless m. is called a disgrace, 273 only m. is vile, 1147 people’s m., 1491 proper function of m. is to live, not to exist, 1118 proud m., 1159 Remember, thou, too, are a m., 1224 shall know bread and peace, 1463 tame the savageness of m., 1864 This was a m., 1160 Treat him as a m., 119 What then is the American, this new m.?, 48 who fights the bull, 14 who had no feet, 1682 who is actually in the arena, 10 who leads a great, free, democratic nation, 1024 who rises to power / From one suspender, 1452 who spends himself in a worthy cause, 10 who was tarred and feathered and carried out of town on a rail, 1498 whose … statue [should be] placed in every college, 6 will not merely endure: he will prevail, 1145 wine drinks the m., 34 your m., 1491 |
| Manchesters and Birminghams, 1847 |
| Maneuvers going on m.—yes, only on m., 2053 |
| Manhood begins when we have in any way made truce with Necessity, 1143 |
| Mania bank m., 101 |
| Maniacs we commit honest m. to Bedlam, 926 |
| Mankind blessing and not a curse to m., 1661 chief end of human effort … should be usefulness to m., 502 I am involved in m., 134 it [atomic energy] belongs to all m., 1254 might enjoy freedom and inherit peace, 1733 natural rights of m., 1058 not for America alone, but for all m., 56 one giant leap for m., 1738 sacred rights of m., 865 which began in a cave, 1162 |
| Manners were their own business, 81 |
| Man’s any m. death diminishes me, 134 house is his castle, 859 |
| Manufacturers Men are men before they are … m., 1150 |
| Many appeal to the passions of the m., 314 do so much for so m. on so little, 449 so much owed to so m., 2052 |
| Marble If we work upon m., it will perish, 1198 |
| March triumphal, 220 we are on the m., 218 |
| Marching our God is m. on, 220 |
| Margin is narrow, 1902 |
| Market America is a free m. for people who have something to say, 169 get itself accepted in the competition of the m., 1835 limited patterns which the m. offers, 258 |
| Marriage, 1163–1169 I want a good m., 74 triumph of hope over experience, 1167 young man not yet, 1163 |
| Married famous men and the women they m. when they were young, 1971 |
| Marry elderly man [should] not [m.] at all, 1163 every woman should m., and no man, 1164 men m. because they are tired, 1169 when a man should m., 1163 women [m.] because they are curious, 1169 |
| Marshall, John (1755–1835), 939 |
| Martial virtues must be the enduring cement, 526 |
| Martyrdom opportunities for m., 1579 spirit should be ready to devote itself to m., 676 |
| Marx, Karl (1818–1883), 242, 244, 917 |
| Marxist I am not a M., 242 |
| Masks affair of m. and mystification, 1943 |
| Masochism spirit of national m. prevails, 1876 |
| Masquerade Peace itself is War in M., 1960 |
| Mass bonds of m. misery, 623 great m. of the people, 1620 of us, who take their virtues and tastes … from the limited patterns which the market offers, 258 |
| Massachusetts, 475, 1494, 1623, 1848 |
| Masses hopes and fears of m. in ferment, 1618 huddled m. yearning to breathe free, 1770 See also People |
| Master is urgent, 2022 troublesome servant and a fearful m., 754 |
| Materially cannot afford to be m. rich and spiritually poor, 1632 cannot survive m. unless it be redeemed spiritually, 230 |
| Matrimony critical period in m. is breakfast-time, 1166 |
| Matter Does it really m. what these affectionate people do, 895 does not appear to me now as it … appeared to me then, 1263 Give me m., and I will construct a world of it, 2033 Not he is great who can alter m., 818 of life or death, 1937 of living or existing, 1937 War is much too serious a m. to be entrusted to the military, 1954 |
| Matters extremely delicate m., 40 |
| Maxim Act only according to that m., 1010 |
| Maximum the explanation, 95 of continuity, 1837 |
| May the road rise to meet you, 1478 |
| Mayflower Launch our M., 1838 |
| Mazzini, Giuseppe (1805–1872), 915 |
| McCarthy, Joseph Raymond (1908–1957), 1171 |
| McCarthyism, 524, 1170–1171 |
| McKinley, William (1843–1901), 6 |
| McPherson, Aimee Semple, (1890–1944), 917 |
| Means absurdly sacrificing the end to the m., 1009 End is more than worth all the M. 392 end justifies the m., 707 finding a balance between m. and ends that is the heart of foreign policy, 631 a good End cannot sanctifie evil M., 564 improved m. to an unimproved end, 1540 it [government] is a m. only, 787 struggle with limited m. to achieve these unlimited ends, 631 to be freely adapted, 787 valued liberty both as an end and as a m., 1049 |
| Meant said what I m. and m. what I said, 513 |
| Measure exactly the sympathies of its people, 363 ’Tis after death that we m. men, 366 which I believe to be wrong, 1638 |
| Medical sciences could avert [the most terrible sufferings], 1609 |
| Medici, Lorenzo de (1449–1492), 97 |
| Medicine for young physicians—we ought to throw in no m. at all, 1038 |
| Mediocre man, 1403 political talents 1401 |
| Mediocrity, 1172 abilities so much below m. so well rewarded, 1172 of success, 2084 water of m., 874 |
| Meekness Religion and virtue alike lend their sanctions to m., 253 |
| Meet any hardship, 1066 them well or ill, 827 |
| Melting pot, 49 |
| Memorable things should be committed to writing, 1173 |
| Memorial erect no vain m., 376 |
| Memories land without m., 857 |
| Memory, 1173–1175 applaud the accuracy of his m., 1175 Education isn’t how much you have committed to m., 486 I leave m., 192 indebted to his m. for his jests, 1175 no one shall seek to honour my m., 376 On the mountains of m., 375 slippery m. which seldom yields a certain reckoning, 1173 spilled from the too-full m., 2000 we can make this thing into a Party, instead of a M., 430 |
| Men all m. walk on higher ground in that lifetime, 814 are m. before they are lawyers, or physicians, 1150 carry on their affairs by imitating, 825 fate that falls on m., 1 good m., not shining, but honest and reasonably well informed, 279 great challenges that ordinary m. like you and me are forced by circumstances to meet, 819 honorable m., 185 make them capable and sensible m., 1150 marry because they are tired, 1169 of some property, 1629 radicals are the m. past middle life, 2100 small m., 1760 thank God that such m. lived, 1730 There aren’t any great m., 819 time for all good m. to come to the aid of the party, 1388 [who] have gained prominence not though luck or by mere accident, 281 who have led the House, 281 who have neither the right nor the knowledge nor the virtue, 747 who lift the age they inhabit, 814 whose names have become a splendid tradition, 281 See also Young |
| Menace greatest m. to our civilization, 224 |
| Mental man’s property,… is surely that which is the result of his m. activity, 1197 |
| Merchants Men are men before they are … m., 1150 |
| Mercy has a human heart, 1464 justice without m. if I fail to show m. 1490 love m., 947 |
| Merit ready appreciation of m. and character, 281 |
| Message to Garcia, 6 |
| Messenger There’s the King’s M., 950 a very well paid m. boy doing your errands, 298 who brings bad news, 1243 |
| Metal sleeping in the mountainside, 1542 |
| Metaphor of the melting pot, 49 |
| Meteor superb m., every atom … in magnificent glow, 1118 |
| Meter electrical energy too cheap to m., 1256 |
| Method goes far to prevent Trouble, 146 |
| Mexican War (1845–1848), 734 |
| Middle age, 2016 excellent, 536 |
| Mighty sit in the seats of the m., 699 |
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